On 3/18/18 at approximately 4:00pm, Officers from the Brattleboro Police Dept responded to the area of Canal St and Fairground Rd for a report of a motor vehicle accident. The victim reported the vehicle that hit them had left the area. There were no reported injuries. The vehicle sustained minor damage when the suspect vehicle sideswiped them on Fairground Rd.The operator of the offending vehicle was later identified as Axis Balsley of Guilford, VT.

Balsley was processed for the crime of Leaving the scene of an accident and issued a citation to appear at the Windham Superior Court, Criminal Division on 4/24/18 at 0800 hours